Girls’ Secondary Education in the Western World pp 111-120 | Cite as
Champion in Coeducation: The Netherlands
Abstract
“Recently,” wrote the Dutch Minister of Internal Affairs to the governors of the Dutch provinces in 1827, “some complaints have been heard about the lack of qualified girls’ schools and about the neglect of their education.” Therefore, he asked His Majesty’s governors to investigate the state of the art regarding girls’ schools in their regions and the training of women teachers. This seems to be the first time in Dutch history that the national government expressed any special concern for the education of its girls. Except for providing ten grants to prepare girls for teaching by attending an excellent secondary girls’ boarding school; however, nothing actually changed.
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Secondary Education Private Tutor Coeducational School General Secondary Education Woman TeacherPreview
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